I wake up to the sound of piano notes flowing effortlessly throughout the house followed by a huge log hitting me in the face. Except it isn't a log. It's Aiden's huge arm. Cassius, Aiden, and I seem to be tangled up in a huge mess, and Amaris is nowhere to be found. I fling Aiden's arm back over to his side and he groans. Still sleeping, he turns over and hits Cassius in the chest. Cassius pushes him away, throws his foot up in the air, and lets it fall, hitting me in the chest.
We've all been sleeping in the same bed for a while now and I'm seriously debating whether or not I should poison them. If it wasn't for Amaris insisting we sleep together, I would've dragged her off to my room days ago.
I sigh and maneuver my way out of the web they created so I can go search for Amaris. As I walk out of Amaris's bedroom, the sound of the piano gets louder and I follow it to find my prize. She sits in front of the piano, wrapped in a thin white sheet. Her shoulders and legs are exposed, displaying the marks we gave her last night. Her hair is in a messy bun at the top of her head and some pieces of escaped curls fall down the back of her neck and at the sides of her head.
I lean against the doorway to her piano room, studying her while she plays 'Solas'. The way she sways to the notes. The way her forehead creases as if she could feel every note resonating inside her body. The way she lets he eyelids fall close as if they've become too heavy for her to hold open. Rain falls outside the windows beside her as her fingers move with ease across the keys and she looks at peace.
Absolutely mesmerizing
Cassius and Aiden come up beside me and watches her the same way I do; like she's the beginning and the end, the sun and the moon, heaven personified.
"She hasn't played in so long," Aiden says softly and I nod, refusing to take my eyes off of her.
Amaris transitions from 'Solas' to 'Experience' at the exact moment thunder strikes. The lights are off but the illumination from the lightning that follows shines across her face and shoulders. My feet move to walk toward her but I stop myself in fear of breaking her focus.
We stand there watching her in silence for what feels like forever before her fingers cease movement and her eyes flutter open. She takes a deep breath and if sensing our presence, turns her head toward us. She smiles and that's the only signal we need before walking over to her.
"Hi," she says, smiling up at us.
"Hi," I say, cupping her face and kissing her lips. Soft. I pull away and look down at her, tracing the features on her face as if to confirm the picture I have of her in my head. As if to make sure that nothing about her has changed since I last saw her. She still has tiny freckles on her nose. Her top lip is still slightly darker than the bottom. Her eyes are still filled with unspoken words and consuming warmth. She's my Amaris.
"Why do you always do that?" Amaris asks, tilting her head.
"Do what?"
"You look at me like....like you're afraid I'm going to disappear. You've done it since we were kids. Why?" She whispers this time like she's been thinking about it for a long time and still hasn't been able to find the answer.
I smile down at her and stroke her cheek. How oblivious can she be? Can't she tell how completely and utterly in love with her I am? "You are the only perfect thing to ever exist. Looking at you, touching you, loving you, it's when I'm the happiest."
She blinks in shock and before she has time to feel awkward, I kiss her again. She moans into my mouth and I pull away before I start something I'm not sure her body can handle.
Aiden slides onto the piano chair to her right and hands her the pill and water I didn't notice he had. "How are you feeling, princess?"
"I'm sore but I'm fine," She says, smiling at him and he gives her a small kiss. When he pulls away, she returns the favor by kissing his lips, then his right cheek, his left cheek, his chin, his nose, and finally his forehead.
"Why didn't you sleep in? You need to rest." Cassius says, sliding onto the chair to her left.
She turns to him and gives him a bored look. "You guys were crushing me. I couldn't sleep." I figured that might be the reason. We need a bigger bed.
"Sorry about that, bug. Can I still get a kiss? I'm the only one who hasn't gotten one and I'm feeling a bit left out." Cassius says, pouting.
Amaris shakes her head and climbs on top of him, grabbing and taking her sheet with her. Making sure it doesn't fall, she holds it tight to her body and once she's settled on his lap, she slams her lips to his.
He runs his hands up her legs and stops when he reaches her hips. "Are you completely naked under this?" he asks on her lips and she smiles even wider.
"Maybe."
Cassius's eyes grow hungry and before I can say it, Aiden does. "Don't even think about it, Cassius. She needs to recover first."
"Yeah yeah. I just want a taste. I won't fuck her." Cassius says looking into Amaris's eyes. Maybe he's right. She's sore but as long as we don't go all the way, it will be solely about her pleasure.
I close the top of the piano and pluck Amaris out of Cassius's arm. "What the fuck milo? It won't hurt her."
"I know. Thanks for the idea," I say smiling at him before setting Amaris on top of the large piano. "Do you want me to eat you out, baby?"
She looks at Cassius and Aiden who are giving me death stares and laughs. "I-" I turn her head to look at me and ask her again. "Amaris, Do you want me to eat your sweet pussy?"
"Yes." She says and I smile.
"You know, I made her squirt once. Let's see if I can do it again, shall we?" I say, looking at my two best friends. Amaris moans when I slide my hand up to her pussy and I give her my undivided attention, stripping her of the white sheet, laying her down, and spreading her open.
*****
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I am. Should I tell Amaris?" Sam asks.
"Tell Amaris what?" Aiden asks, walking out of Amaris's room where she's currently sleeping. I wave Cassius over from the kitchen and he joins us.
"I found Amaris's dad," Sam says, taking his laptop from Jerome and turning it around. Various pictures of Amaris's dad occupy the screen. Some are of him by himself, some are of him with the yakuza and two pictures are of him and a woman.
"Who's that?" Cas asks, pointing to the woman on the screen.
"It seems that she's his...girlfriend. She's an assassin for the yakuza and about a year after he recruited her, they started seeing each other. It looks like she's very skilled in torture and interrogation. She might be a problem," Sam says, enlarging the photo.
"Amaris's dad is very careful so I haven't been able to find him until now but they're supposed to be meeting at the yakuza's loading dock tomorrow night for a big shipment," Sam continues, moving the screen to another web browser and bringing up a receipt for the shipment with the time and date. "If we don't move in on him then, it'll be a while before we get another lead. Should we tell Amaris?"
Cassius and I look at Aiden before shaking our heads in agreement. "Good work, Sam," Aiden praises, patting him on the shoulder. "Amaris will be very happy," he says and sam does a shit job of hiding the smile that spreads across his face.
No more lies. She made us promise. Still, what if this hurts her even more? Should she really be the one to kill her father? She's already been through so much. What if this breaks her? I don't have enough time to overthink because we walk through Amaris's bedroom door.
"Look how pretty she looks when she sleeps. She's so happy right now. I don't want to change that." Aiden says as we all stand next to the bed, watching her sleep. We watch and listen. We watch her twist and turn. We listen to her little moans and her breathing. We watch her cuddle her pillow. We listen to her mumble.
She needs rest.
Two hours pass and Amaris starts to wake. She stretches and yawns before opening her eyes. The clouds still cover the sun outside so the room is dark and we probably look like shadows to her but even so, she knows it's us.
"Why are you guys just standing there, watching me sleep? That's creepy," she says, yawning again.
"Can we put on the light, bug?" Cassius asks.
"Um.. sure" She knows something is off.
Cassius puts on the light and we walk over to her while her eyes adjust to the brightness. We all sit on the bed next to her and when her vision focuses, she asks one question.
"Did you find my father?"
Sorry about the long wait my lovely readers!! I've been busy but I'm hoping to write another chapter for you guys tomorrow :) Don't forget to comment and vote! I love reading the comments you guys leave.
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